Loop Stuff vs CatGate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop Stuff
This service helps you quickly sell unwanted items locally. Simply list your items with a photo, have them picked up from your porch, and receive payment via Venmo within seven days. It offers a convenient alternative to traditional selling methods.
- List items in 18 seconds
- Porch pickup
- Venmo cash payment
- No haggling
- No sketchy meetups
- Items get a second life
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We're Loop, a new local service here in Atlanta. We’re not amazon. We're not goodwill. We’re your neighbors. And we want your sonos speakers. List your stuff in 18 seconds. We buy it, venmo you cash, and pick up from your porch. No sketchy meetups. No haggling in parking lots. No messaging "is this available?" How it works: 1. We buy your stuff. Just take a picture! 2. Put on your porch. We'll pick it up. 3. Get paid via Venmo 7 days later. You're done! We believe items should have long, happy lives. Your home isn't a storage unit... Keep what you use. Loop what you don't.
CatGate
This app introduces a calming ritual before accessing time-consuming social media. Pet a virtual cat to earn access to your chosen apps, promoting mindful usage and reducing guilt.
- Pet virtual cats to unlock apps
- Select apps to limit access to
- Calming pre-scroll ritual
- Promotes mindful usage
- Multiple cat breeds available
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You open Instagram to relax. You close it feeling worse. The feed never gives your calm back. But a cat can. CatGate puts one small, quiet thing between you and the apps that drain you: pet a cat, slowly, gently, and then your social app opens. No willpower, no guilt. Just a cat deciding when you can start scrolling. How It Works 1. Pick the app you lose time to: Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, anything. 2. Next time you tap that app, a cat appears. Back turned. Waiting. 3. Stroke its back, steady and slow. Too fast? It ignores you. Just right? It slow-blinks. You pass. Subscription Required CatGate requires a subscription to unlock all cat breeds. Yearly: $59.99/year (best value, about $1.15/week). Subscriptions auto-renew. Manage in Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://catgate.fork.work/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loop Stuff at none against CatGate's 2. Loop Stuff also leads on ratings volume (112 vs 1). CatGate's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CatGate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Loop Stuff asks for nothing beyond the download.
CatGate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop Stuff has 112 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Loop Stuff ships an update weekly, CatGate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loop Stuff | CatGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (112 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plutonium Apps, LLC | yicheng chou |
In-app purchases
Loop Stuff
No in-app purchases
CatGate
- CatGate Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- CatGate Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
